Manuscript petition to General Assembly in Newport against Exorbatent interest

by John Case

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Newport: second Monday of September A.D., 1766. Folio sheet approx. 11½ x 7¼ , in ink; some staining, the right margin erose with a few dropped letters, small hole at the intersection of previous folds; good. The political unrest preceding the American Revolution is exemplified in this document which complains of the high rates of interest charged by the depreciation of old tenor in the Colony of Rhode Island. John Case petitioned the General

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